Only if they had an impact on the course of human history that was worth mentioning. For instance, I might bring up WW2 propaganda films or the War of the Worlds broadcast in a history course, but while going over the 1990s I wouldn't mention Titanic because it didn't have any serious effects outside of entertainment.

Sega had a massive "Saturnday" marketing campaign about the NA launch on September 2, 1995 (a week before the PlayStation)...and then the Sega America president had a press conference at E3 where he said it was available immediately (May 11) at Toys R Us and a couple of other places.

The problems:

The places that had the Saturn...notice that Walmart isn't on that list. You do not piss off the Walmart.

Also, KB Toys was so ticked about not having the Saturn immediately that they just didn't carry it. Ever.

They also forgot to tell their developers about the new launch date. 6 games at launch does not a successful system make.

The Saturn's price was $399 at launch. Sony had their press conference after Sega that year, where they announced that the PlayStation would be launched at $299.